Kinetoscope.



J. A-LE ROY.

KINETOSGGPE. APPLIOATIQN FILED MAR.12,'1902.

Patented May 2L xl.

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JQ A. LE ROY.

KINETOSCOPB.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR. 12, 1908.

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KINETOSGGPE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 12, 1908,

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KINBTOSOOPE.

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Patented May 21, 1912.

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UNITED STATE@ JEAN A. LE ROY, OF NEXV YORK. N. Y.

KINETOSCOPE.

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Application tiled March 12, 1908. Serial No. 420.623.

To all whom 'it muy concern;

Bo it known that l. .li-1.\.\' luc ttor, :1 (fitiztn ot' tho Unitvtl Status, angl a rt'siiltut of New York, in tho county ot' Nrw York and Stato of Non' York, havo iuvoutvil rvrtain new and useful vImprovou'lonts in lsinotosi'opcs, of which tho following is a spocilit'ation.

My invention relatos to kinttost'opos.or moving picture outfits; and it has for it-s object an outfit 'of this character whirh shall be simpl()v in its mustruition and shall hr proporl')r satuguartlwl against. thtl firing of the h'lm. l obtain this` ohjuct in thil outfit. shown in the accompanying drawings, and in \vtrich- Figure t is a. partial roar elevation ot the lhn lmoving morhanism and attzuluuunt-s. FigsfQ and 3 aro partial .sitle clvvations of same?. I `ig. 4 is a thtail viow ot tht tuvo plato antl inttrmitttuitl sprocket, amt part. of intfivonwnt. thm'ttor. Fig. 5 is a tlrtuil viow (if thv shaft. hvariug for thtiutt-|-iuittout sprot-ket. Figs. t and T art` riows illustrating thocvntrit'ugally opomtiug moans `for the autoniatir. thu prottrtiug tirishutter. Fig. 8 is a View illustratingr thu tlrirt for the film take-up root. Fig. i) is a top View oll a truss holtltr for thvv talilo logs. Fig. lt) is a View illustrating thtx truss holtlor hunt into propor position :intl soi'urttl to tho talilo. Fig. ll is a trontV oli-ration.l and Fig. I2 is a sithx cluvation ot a lamp house shuttor. Fig. t3 is a .sitio oltration ot tlu` lamp houstx and tihn opiu'ating uwvhanism ulonnttul on an oporatiug tahh.

Similar r'haratft-ors ol' rot'ort-ur'o tlisigufatt corresponding parts throughout thtl sortit-,al views.` 4

Referring to the drawings. Fig. 13, ll designates the lamp houso rontuining a suitable sourcuoi light, such as an urt light (notV shown), and is atljustahly mounted in tho usual manner, upon a tahlo 'l`. 'llnv light. is |nojttod through tho rondousiug lons L to thv 'ihn oluuating tloviro l), li'ki`- wiso mount/tal upon' tho taht@ "l`. uml (trawing'thvl lihn F from tho uppor [ihn rot-l lt `aml winiling tho sanno upon ttulowor thu root S whvn thel hamthl tt) is turnoit.

'lhttalile 'lA rosts upon tho usual. toit soopic logs ll-two at. raf-h Unit hut is tur-4 tlu-r luar't-rl li'v thoI strutl2 whit'h :ll'trtniovably attached to thvso logs aint also niovalila' tittttt to tlutruss hohtor lifts-ing i lltltl liv lu l'our :trios tti. 'tho truss hohhr lil ls i'tniovalili' utlut'hotl to ilul lulrlo ri` lli' tho untlorsitlt ot' thai twvtn thtl souri-o ot' light uml the routhnsuing lens l. and is so tloslgntttas to poruiit tho tions through thor aptrturtl 2t). 'l`his tramo is arraugttl as .shown in Fig. l2 to provide a routilating air spat-v )lfantl tho top and bottoni thorool' is proviilotl with slots 2'2 to pornlit` ot' thtl -irrulation ol'* tho air.

in tho framilH is slitlalily mountwl a shuttor :3 oporatoil Irv the4 slottttl ariu t whn'h tits oror a pin 25 o'r' saitl shuttor. y thtl tlot'tmt position. shown in Fig. 1t. tho shuttvr 23 prcrtnts tht' passagvv ot tlu` light through thv aporturo 2t) to tho voluit-using lons l.. ly thtl uso ol' this .sllutti'r tho lil'il oll tht. rl'uultlnsing lons l. may lue ronsitltrahly prolungotl.v as tho light. van lux roatlily tut. otl wlwn not in :utual uso; :intl tho spatio 2t auf] .slots 2v2 inituco a circulation in th'.l lamp house itsoll'.`

l`ht\ lihu F a fior tearing t-lu` reel R. pass-os through thvA tlm'icu l) living drawn tluu'tthrough hy thvl artion of usuul food sprot-kut itt). iutormitttnt sprot-kot 151 and taltwup sprovlt'vt 3L. passing tlnu to tlu. lowor tako-up rttl H. 'lluso sprotkits aro oporatotl iu tlu` usual uninnor h v thu wollknown uuwhanism. in turning the hantlle itt.

'l`iushat't 33 of thv intt-riuitttuit sprof-kot. 8l is niountwl in :i sprrial tiouhlo oortntrio hvaring 34, 35, for thu purpose of adjusting tho sprorkct. 31 with rospvct to the runners 36 of the far@ platt.l 3T to vnahlo the lm to tu properly takvn from said runners. The lsaitl sha t't 33 is mounted m-rvntrivally in the hrarng 34 Ywhich is em'vntrivally mounted in tlw luaring 3.7 antl lultl tlnrtt'o hy nit-ans ot a sot' st-rtw 35 in a position lapproxi matt-ly r'orrt-tt for taking tho tihu from tht runners tt'. thtl final :nl iustuwnt living matto, howorvr. hy turningr tht litaring 9.5. uusuutttl in htariug .".H otY traino Sti) h y nunns of n hanrllu it). 'lhu saitt hvaring tif is thun tixtil hy suitably sw'uriug thtl samt* to the tramo 39 as by moans of a. set. screw 40'.

moans ol' tho lwatlril holt :unl thuml uut ll.; thtI prop-vimos 1T as woll :is tluontls ot" With,

nm' wall l5) ot' tho lamp house lll anu ,passago ot tht light' umh-r normal t'onrli-f 'ing 34 (Fig-5) abeut the shaft 33, said grooves being adapted to retain a number of balls providing thereby a ball-bearing for the star-wheel against the frame 39, orv

rather hearing 34. This practically eleminates friction between the star wheel and the frame. The handle 40 is omitted in Fig. 4 to permit of the view of the balls 44.

ln Fig. 2 I have shown the grooves 4 5 of the star-wheel 41 cut entirely through, the shaft 33 being flush with the bottoni of said grooves, whereby the striking o f the pin 46 is avoided and the said pin may be made of iarger diameter, diminishing thereby the wear of saine. l

The entire 'film moving mechanism is mounted on the frame 39 and is vertically adjustable upon standards 51- and 52. The face plate 37, as 'well as thegate 53 and other apparatus hereinafter set fort-li, is rigidly held to the standards 51 and 52thro'iigh the arm,` piece 54. A relative motion between these two-parts of the machine is obtained by means ofthe racl: 55, rigid With respect to the standards, ybeing secured to the front plate 58; and a 'segmental gear-56 meshing therewith/ and pivoted to the /f'rame 39, the said gearr being` operated by means of a removable lever 57. A s the `gear 56 is turned, the frame with the entire film moving mechanism/l is' correspondingly raised or lowered, thereby affording means for prop- -crly 'framing the pictures of the film With respect to the aperture 59 inA the face plate 37.

V To the gate 53 is secured a shield or curtain 6G covering the rear pf the machine below said gate, and provided with side or wing pieces 61. This shield with its Wing nieces is designed to reduce the lire hazard by preventing the film, in case of breakage, from running out of the machine as a result ofcollecting and bunching after'fleaving the take-up sprocket 32. The upper part of the gate is likewise provided'with a cup-shaped. loop protecting shield 62 which is designed 'to protect the ilm loop against falling down over machine, due to the slipping or jumping of the film onthe feed sprocket, whereby the same would he exposed to the danger This 'protecting curtain and shield being secured to gate 53, will swing with the saine when it is opened, after first raising the latch 63,

Fig. 1, pivoted to the said. gate and fitting over the pin 64 which passesv through said gate and is secured to the face plate 37.

To the gate is hinged a safety lire shutter' explained.

70, providedwith a laterallyxtending arm 7 1. This arm 7l is arranged to be engaged by a depending arm 72 when the film moving mechanism is in motion, thc said arms 72 moving outwardlyand thereby raising the safety shutter so as to permit the light projected from the lamp house Il to pass through the aperture 59 to the lni. So soon, however, as the film moving mechanism slows down, or stops, the arm 72 drops back into normal position and likewise the safety fire shutter 70, thereby'shutting oil' the intense projected light which, passing through the aperture 59, would in a few seconds cause the ignition of the film moving at a slow rate of speed, or at rest.

. The arm 7 2 `is controlled by a centrifugal mechanism shown in detail in Figs. G and 7. This mechanism consists essentially ,of an outer shelly 73 to which the arm 72 is fixed, and within which is arranged to""rotate a. disk Pivotallv:mounted on this disk and near rence thereof, .are

l. t the circa a, number of centrifugalwarms 7 The said disk is provided lwith a` shaft 76 whichfits in a bearing 77 of the shell 73, the shell and disk being held together by means of washer. 78 and screw 7 9 screwed into the said shaft 7 6. The ysaid shaft 76 is mounted within a bearing-8() of the fixture 81 which is secured to the fra1ne39. The shaft 76 is driven 'from the driving wheel 82 through intermediate .gearing comprising they-gear wheels 83,- 84 and 85, the last being on the shaft- 76. As the driving wheel 82 is turned, rotation is communicated to the disk 74 causing the centrifugal arms 75 to fly outwardlyand make-frictional contact with the inner surface of the shell 73, whereby .the same' tends to rotate .and lifts the safety iii'e sh'iittei' The two parts of'tliis device-the re shutter7 and the centrifugal mechanism are separate and are independently attachcchthe former being an integral part of the gat-mf vand the latter of the. moving. mechanism. whereby the relative vertical vmowment of the film mechanism in framing the pictures -of the film will not disturb the actionoffthis Ishutter device. The two parts may also be readily-afliXed-to a .machinealready completed, requiring vno alteration or change of parts being simply added thereto by intergearing with the film moving mechanism.

Aftery the film. leaves the iilni ino-ving* mechanism D it isjwound up on the take-up reel S, which is driven. through a pulley 90, to which a'pulley 91 'of the v"film moving mechanism transmits motion-.through belt 92, Fig. 8. This belt passes over -tivo idlers 93 placed side by side and supported by an arm 94 attached to the standard 52.

rlhe addition of the idlers lprovides against excessive and serious variationv in the ten-v sion of the belt 92, Whichwould otherwise and lowerin of the result from the raising i f 61 pictures o t e In.

Y relativ/e1 to said frame; e face plate, end

e gate inged thereto having .registering apertures, said face plate belng fixed to seid frame; and Ineens to vertically adjust the entire film moving mechanism t0 properly frame the picture fof seid lilm with respect to the aperture of seid fece plete and ate. g 2. In a, kinetoscope: a, Vframe a ln, end film moving mechanism movebl` es a. whole relntivel s gute in ed thereto living reglstering apertures, t 1e said fece plete beiiig fixed to seid frame' e rack fixed to said frame; and

a, Segmente gear pivoted to said film movin g mechanism adapted to engage with seid racky to verticslly adjust sud entire 'film' e driving pulley operet moving mechanism and adjustable rela-` to said frame'le face platte, und

moving mechanism to properly frame the picture of said lm with respect to the`apertures of seid face plete and gate. y

3. In e kinetoscope: afilm and film movin mechanism;'e iframe; a. take-i311 reel for sei by seidflm tively to seid reel; a driven pulley for seid reel; e belt or the like connecting seid former pulle with said reel pulley to transmit motion t ereto; an arm attached to said kinetoscope frame;v and two idlers carried by said erm upon its outer end and upon which ere carried respectively the .two

branches of said beltor the like.

'Signed et New York in the countyy .di New York and State of day. of March A. V1908. A

' .JEAN A. LE 

